Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Grave marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Service Book – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Vernon Whalen – P.O. Vernon G. Whalen, RCAF, reported missing February 1944. Photo courtesy of Hillcrest High School - "Stairway of Honour" project. Eighty-four large portraits of students from the Second World War line both sides of the 55 stairs leading up to the school's auditorium. Most of the portraits have the rank and year of death of the student. Some portraits explain how the soldier died, but many were MIA and presumed dead. Each year, teachers from the grade 10 Canadian History course take their students to the stairway around November 11th to complete a project that deals directly with the pictures on the Stairway of Honour.

Group Photo – Vernon Whalen and Daniel Hart (DFC) in England (best friends since their school days)

Biography – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Memorial – Pilot Officer Vernon George Whalen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Pilot Officer Vernon George Whalen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens